| Early 20th Century America 1900 - 1920 |
Americana & American History -
American Revolutionary War - American Colonial Times - General Resources for American History - Historically Important American Documents - Historic American Maps
The Western Expansion
American Western Expansion General Resources - Buffalo Soldiers Black Cavalry - Chinese Arrival in America - Gold & Silver Rushes - Lewis & Clark - Orphan Trains - Overland Trails - Pony Express -
The Great 19th Century
19th Century American General Resources - 19th Century American Industrialization/The Gilded Age - 19th Century American Immigrants - America's Victorian Age
The Civil War
American Civil War General resources
American Civil War Lesson Plans
The Greater 20th Century
20th Century American History General Resources - American History Early Century - American History 1920s - American History 1930s - American History 1940s - American History 1950s - American History 1960s - American History 1970s - American History 1980s - American History 1990s
America at Work / America at Leisure, 1894-1915 __ "Work, school, and leisure activities in the United States from 1894 to 1915 are featured in this presentation of 150 motion pictures, 88 of which are digitized for the first time (62 are also available in other American Memory presentations). Highlights include films of the United States Postal Service from 1903, cattle breeding, fire fighters, ice manufacturing, logging, calisthenic and gymnastic exercises in schools, amusement parks, boxing, expositions, football, parades, swimming, and other sporting events." - illustrated - From Library of Congress - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awlhtml/
American Cultural History - Decade 1900-1909 __ You will find articles about
fads, culture demographics plus galleries and links to numerous resources about
this period in American history. - illustrated - From Kingwood College Library -
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade00.html
American Cultural History 1910 - 1919 __ You will find articles about fads,
culture demographics plus galleries and links to numerous resources about this
period in American history. Does it sound like I'm repeating myself? -
illustrated - From Kingwood College Library -
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade10.html
Child Labor in America 1908 - 1912 __ A photo essay about child labor in the
United States 1908 - 1912 - illustrated - From historyplace.com -
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/index.html
CPL Chicago 1919 Race Riots __ The drowning of a boy "led to 5 days of rioting
in Chicago that ultimately claimed the lives of 23 blacks and 15 whites, with
291 wounded and maimed." You can read the story here. - illustrated - From
Chicago Public Library -
http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disasters/riots_race.html
Historic American Sheet Music: 1900-1909 __ These digital images are from a
larger collection of sheet music, published in America between 1850 and 1920.
Here you will find the first decade of the 20th Century. - illustrated - From
Duke University - http://tinyurl.com/4xplo
Images of homes from the Arts & Crafts Era __ This was a style of interior and
architectural design that became popular around the early 1900s. Images show
inside rooms with furnishings, and also one exterior drawing. - illustrated -
From arts-crafts.com -
http://www.arts-crafts.com/archive/rsimages.shtml
Media History Timeline: 1910s __ This site lists the important events in the
various media such as publishing, newspapers, musical performance, etc. - From
University of Minnesota. -
http://www.mediahistory.umn.edu/time/1910s.html
The Palmer Raids
__ The "Red Scare" was used to limit freedom of speech of those
who disagreed with U.S. government policy. The "Palmer Raids" of 1918-1921 were
led by the the U.S. Attorney General. The abuse of power by the US Federal
Government is nothing new. - From George Mason University -
http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/hist409/red.html
The Panama Pacific International Exposition __ "The Panama Pacific International
Exposition was the 1915 worlds fair held in San Francisco, California. Taking
over three years to construct, the fair had great economic implications for the
city that had been almost destroyed by the great earthquake and fire of 1906.
The exposition was a tremendous success, and did much to boost the morale of the
entire Bay Area and to help get San Francisco back up on its feet." History,
vignettes, maps, attractions, and much more. - illustrated - from sanfranciscomemories.com -
http://www.sanfranciscomemories.com/ppie/panamapacific.html
Photographs from the Chicago Daily News __ This collection offers approximately
54,000 images of urban life captured on glass plate negatives between 1902 and
1933 by photographers employed by the Chicago Daily News. - illustrated - From
Library of Congress -
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/ichihtml/cdnhome.html
Touring Turn of the Century America __ This collection offers over 25,000
photographs of a wide variety of people, pleaces and events taken from 1880 to
1920. - illustrated - From Library of Congress -
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/detroit/dethome.html
WWI Causes (Links From SCORE H-SS) __ A collection of links to websites that
provide information about WWI and its causes. - From score.rims.k12.ca.us -
http://tinyurl.com/66j83
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